Long-Term Care Planning
Long-term care insurance news and analysis, including coverage of short-term care insurance, long-term care hybrid products, and other arrangements for paying for long-term and post-acute care.
August 17, 2008
Prudential study shows long-term care costs increasingA new study from Prudential shows average costs for long-term care have increased over the past two years. The study breaks down the results into state-specific data, and an interactive mapping tool is available on the Web site. "Many
August 11, 2008
Long-term care policies43%: Percentage of long-term care claims paid in 2007 that were attributed to home care. 32.9%: Percentage of claims were for assisted living. 24.1%: Percentage of claims that paid for nursing home care. 97%: Percentage of long-t
August 01, 2008
Boomers Need LTCI ASAPBoomers have a lot to think about when it comes to their futures: estate planning, retirement planning, funding their children's or grandkids' education. Another decision...
August 01, 2008
Covering the Costs of Long-Term CareA recent survey by the Lincoln Retirement Institute (or LRI) points to a long-term care risk exposure among boomers. The results showed that many boomers...
July 17, 2008
Helping your clients get the best home careAsk seniors where they want to live as they age and the answers will undoubtedly be unanimous: they want to stay home. As a result, it's important for professionals working the long term care market to know how to understand what it takes to
July 07, 2008
UnitedHealth Unit To Advise U.K. TrustThe Northamptonshire Teaching Primary Care Trust has hired an arm of a U.S. company to help it improve the care it provides.The trust is one ...
July 01, 2008
Care costs rising, providers dwindlingBy the year 2030, the number of 65-plus Americans is expected to double, which poses serious problems for the long term care industry, according to research from Genworth Financial. The company says the United States will need to recruit an
July 01, 2008
Talk it upThe image of financially secure seniors whose biggest concern is their next vacation is losing ground to one of seniors who can't sleep at night because of worry about the cost of health care. "Who's going to take care of me when I
June 30, 2008
Care costs rising, providers dwindlingBy the year 2030, the number of 65-plus Americans is expected to double, which poses serious problems for the long term care industry, according to research from Genworth Financial. The company says the United States will need to recruit an
June 30, 2008
Long-term care50 million: Approximate number of Americans who will be over 65 in ten years.* $85,000: Average amount a 65-year-old will need to insure against long-term care expenses.* 49%: Percentage of people surveyed who want help with retiremen